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Rohan Kanhai

Rohan Bholalall Kanhai

Born: 26 December 1935, Port Mourant, Berbice, British Guiana
Major Teams: British Guiana, Guyana, Trinidad, Western Australia, Warwickshire, Tasmania, West Indies.
Known As: Rohan Kanhai
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Other: Wicket-Keeper


Test Debut: West Indies v England at Birmingham, 1st Test, 1957
Last Test:
West Indies v England at Port-of-Spain, 5th Test, 1973/74

ODI Debut:
West Indies v England at Leeds, Prudential Trophy, 1973
Last ODI:
West Indies v Australia at Lord's, World Cup, 1975

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1964
Tasmania First-Class Career Span: 1969-70

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   79  137   6  6227  256   47.53  15  28   50   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               183    8    85    0    -     -      0   0    -   2.78

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    7    5   2   164   55   54.66  60.07   0   2    4   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1954/55 - 1977)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  416  669  82 28774  256   49.01  83 120  319   7

                       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10
Bowling             1009   18  56.05  2-5     0   0

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (career: 1963 - 1981/82)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  159  151  29  4769  126   39.09   7  26   70   1

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling                29    17    1  17.00  1-2     0   0  29.0  3.51

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Throughout Rohan Kanhai's career, whether at county or Test level, he was in the midst of great players, and it speaks volumes for his own ability that he sparkled as brightly as the gems around him. Consider some of the illustrious names in the West Indies side in the 22-year-old's first Test in 1957 against England at Edgbaston: Sonny Ramadhin, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Garfield Sobers and Frank Worrell. Ten years later he was playing with Charlie Griffith, Wes Hall and Lance Gibbs. At the end of his Test career he was lining up with Roy Fredericks, Alvin Kallicharran, Clive Lloyd, Vanburn Holder and Andy Roberts. And during his time in England with Warwickshire he was at the heart of an excellent batting line-up: John Jameson, Dennis Amiss, Kallicharran and MJK Smith formed the top five batsman with Kanhai.

For Warwickshire Kanhai scored 1,000 runs in a season on ten occasions, his most prolific year being 1970 when he hit 1,894 at an average of 57.39. He also hit 1,000 runs in a season once in Australia and once while touring India and Pakistan. His highest score for Warwickshire was 253 against Nottinghamshire in 1968 at Trent Bridge. Kanhai and Jameson created a first-class world record with an unbroken stand of 465 for the second wicket for Warwickshire against Gloucestershire at Edgbaston in 1974; Jameson made 240 and Kanhai 213.

Born at Port Mourant on British Guyana, Kanhai played for the island from 1954/55 until 1973/74. In his early days he was a wicket-keeper as well as a pugnacious middle-order batsman; indeed, in his first three Tests he kept wicket before Franz Alexander took over behind the stumps. Kanhai deputised as keeper on several other occasions.

But it was his batting which West Indies came to rely on for more than 16 years. He didn't score a century until his 13th Test but it was worth waiting for; he smashed 256 runs off the Indian attack at Calcutta. There were centuries too for Sobers and Basil Butcher as West Indies crushed their hosts by an innings and 336 runs. Kanhai followed this with 99 in the next Test as West Indies went on to win the series 3-0. Another double century followed on the same overseas tour, this time in Lahore as West Indies beat Pakistan by an innings. In all he hit 15 Test centuries, averaging 47.53 in Test matches.

Kanhai was appointed captain of the West Indies for the home series against Australia in 1972/73. West Indies lost the five-Test series 2-0 but he retained the captaincy for the tour to England the following summer. This time he enjoyed success, winning the three-Test series 2-0, although the following winter he only managed to draw the five-Test home series against England 1-1. Unhappy with his own form, he retired from Test cricket after that series.

One-day cricket was in its infancy as Kanhai's career drew to a close, and he only played in seven One-Day Internationals. However, he went out on a high, appearing in the first World Cup Final at Lord's in 1975 against Australia. He scored 55 in putting on a vital 149 with Clive Lloyd for the fourth wicket after West Indies had been struggling on 50/3. The West Indies went on to win by 17 runs. (Graham Holburn, Copyright CricInfo 2001)

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